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C. B. COOPER VERTICAL PAPER FILE Filed June 26. 1942 Nov. 9, 1943.

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Patented Nov. 9, 1943 a i [12,333,704 a f VERTIGAL PAPERIEFIIJE Claude-Brbooper, Watj'i'toiivr'i, Mass. I npplieaaoiiiune 26, 194,2,- sei ie1' Bid- 448, 659 1 -6 Glaims. (elite-i6) This invention relates to veniear paper files of the class xemp'lified'by Patent N0. 1,928,827 Li'ssued to me October 3,.. 1'933 and"byP atent "No. 1,931,891 issued torne'oictober 24, 1933, andiis .in the nature of an improvement the subject "matter or those patents. mracmthepresent invention contemplates "more than one nnprove; ment. One feature is a construction whih'enables a transverse adjustable wan to be empie'yed either as a divider or as a follower. .Another feature is a simplified and iinprove'd engagement of the adjustable wall withtlie draweror tray adjacent to the bottom v()fthe latter, to provide a greater sedurity' (if attaenmentor the wall'to the drawer, to preventlinjuryto folders and papers, to provide for greater ease of adjustment lengthwise of the drawer andto. provide for greater convenience trattaenmentte ahd detachment ir'omthe. drawer. .nnon er vfeature is a novel arrangementvfor enabling. the wallto be set at various angles with referenee in a vertical plane and to inaiiit'aihflthe chosen an ularity. v 7 These and othernov'el features will be evident during the course of the renewing description when taken. if). connect on the accompanymg drawings of specific, embaeiment's' thereer, While its s ope Will bepoiiitd out more, ticularly' i-nthe appended cla'ifris.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a vertical, cressj=sectibna1 view or a paper file embodying the invention. andexhibiting some of the novel features to which reference has been made; Fig. 2 is a vertical,-longitudiiialsectional View of the same; I

Fig. 3 isa planor the same illii'strating the procedure in rerhovihg'the divider orwrcsnowr from the drawer or'tray; p "Fig.4 is a si'de elevation illustrating a i'fiodi Fig. 5 is an e'ri'd elevation inustmtingthe/same modification; f. 4 I f Fig. 6 is a side elevation illustratingatsecond modificatiom'and 1 Fig. 7 is an end elevation illustratinga third modification.

Referring to the drawings and to the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and having reference at first more particularly to Fig. 1, there is shown a paper file comprising a drawer or tray 8 having longitudinal side walls [0 and a bottom [2, the latter being formed with a central, longitudinal channel M in which there is a lengthwise rod I6 commonly iii ' wrapped about"verti'ca p"o employed tor the easement erfguiae cards {and afollower. It is to beobservetl that the'c'onstruction' present-1y to-"bedescribed interferes in noiway with tne'usual remand that r movarorthe latter to accommodate the new eoristruct ion is unnecessary.

v Th ecn'struenonnbont to bedescfi'bed i's'jsuitable fer as -eitheras- 'd'ivide'r "or "as a particulaiiy beeause fin f ceita" a-vertioal plane. This -angul ful a-lso in thec'a'seo'f r r a certain'grbup or fti'lderSinaY'bedis he'd from thepthers amt age "est as- 'y' imnmng one divider a the front-er negns u r forwardly anew manning a second-e1 drat'tlie rearofthe gr'o'iip rearwarmy: Iii t se of the use-tr; the movable-wall as" a rear meter, the wallwill be adjustedto slope'rear'v'vard-ly;

'I 'he divider or follower comprises a transverse wan is] arranged foradjustihent lengthwise of the wer ortra's ffii eino'"l'therefrorn'andre; nsertio at the' d'es rec'l no angular move- "r'nent 'donsidredfwith reference .toj 'a ve'rtical plane. T 's viall het'stwo"latieialljdirectedpro jections erpmneszaw hfor thereinfqrpe nent resZZ whose principal lforiaontal ppi'tioii'sfare dlspos'ed wvithin beads 24 forgnedon h wa ene-w apped bout road tab"26j-bent upthe'wire's. 'The'w W wardli againstandwelded'to the ody (if the wall, and both are cutaway toforrn arecessrza to provide ample clea'raii'e abbut'thejrtjd [6. This broad tab,'in tiiiri,i r0 vmngtcnguesso v p 32 ofithe'wires and welded in place. Thislarrarige'ment reinforces the wall; and provides an-ekceedingiy strong .construction.. p

The projections or piritles 2p are" received .iri opposite ppe'riitigs or netenessu "(s'e scfiFi 2) constituting one pair or i two sets suitably provided' within the channel M; as p3 inserting in said channel a channel bar s rvwndse' flangestsa are ben'tfirst inwaraly wwa'reyea n'otner as zit-4a and then downwardly as at "12. "l'lh'eiproj'ections or pinmes 1'20 are iable or renting in the matches-s4, thnsp ittin'g margin of the plate lengthwise of the drawer or tray. The spaces below the notches are isufficient to receive the projections or pintles so that the wall, when lowered sufiiciently, may be moved lengthwise of the drawer or tray and its projections or pintles reinserted in another pair of notches, and to permit the wall to be swung about means such as springs 44 attached at their lower ends to projecting portions of the rods 22 and at their upper ends to lugs 46 on a vertical slide 48 arranged between guides 50 (see Fig, 2) suitably afiixed, as by welding, to the wall l8. The lugs 46 are suitably supported on the drawer or tray sides as by being equipped with rollers 52 which may be provided with flanges 54. Since the roll ers rest upon the drawer sides, the slide 48v cannot descend and hence the efiect of the springs 44 is to draw the wall l8 upwardly and to maintain the projections or pintles 20 in the notches 34. To depress the wall and to displace the projections or pintles downwardly from their notches, the palm of the hand is pressed downwardly upon the upper edges of the guides 50 while the fingers, inserted in an opening 56 in the wall [8 press upwardly on the lower edge of the slide as.

When the rollers 52 rest directly upon smooth, flat upper edges of the drawer sides, the upper margin of the divider or follower tends always to assume an upright position (see Fig, 2) but if flat-surfaced, non-slipping shoes 58 (made of rubber or rubber-like material, for example) are applied to the rollers, as in Figs. ,4 and 5, the shoes' grip the'upper edges of the drawer sides and maintain the desired angular position of the divider or follower considered with reference to a vertical plane. Or, instead of employing nonslipping shoes, the rollers may rest in notches 60 (see Fig. 6) in the upper edges of the drawer sides.

By reference to Fig. 7, it will be observed that the roller 52, instead of resting upon the upper edge of the drawer side, is received in a channel 62 formed by bending the drawer side to form a hollow rib which not only strengthens the drawer side but provides adesirable guard over the top of the roller to prevent clothing, hands and papers from coming into contact with either the roller or with the track on which it runs.

Having thus described these embodiments of the invention, what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

1. In a paper file,'the combination of a drawer or tray having 'along and below its bottom a longitudinal channel and two sets of notches below said drawer bottom and within said channel and directly downwardly in said channel toward the bottom of said channel, a movable, transverse wall having a tab depending below said drawer bottom into said channel and having two lateral projections normally received in two opposite notches of said sets, said wall being vertically movable to cause said projections to reced downwardly from the notches in which they are normally received, and means normally to exert an upward pull on said wall to prevent said projections from receding downwardly from the notches in which they are normally received.

tom into said channel and having two lateral projections normally received in two opposite notches of said sets, said wall being vertically movable to cause said projections to recede downwardly from the notches in which they are normally received, and resilient means to exert an upward pull on said wall urging said projections upwardly into the notches in which they are received.

3. In a paper file, the combination of a drawer or tray having along and below its bottom, central portion a channel and two longitudinal sets of openings below said drawer bottom and within said channel, a movable transverse Wall having a tab depending below said drawer bottom into said channel and having portions arranged to engage and to pivot in desired pairs of openings of said set, said wallbeing rotatable about a vertical axis to withdraw said tab from said channel and said portions fromthe openings in which they are received, and means to exert an upward urge on said wall urging said portions into said openings.

4. In a paper file,.the combination of a drawer or tray having along and below its bottom, central portion a longitudinal channel with alternat ing teeth and spaces therein and below. said drawer bottom, said spaces opening downwardly, a movable, transverse wall having a tab depending below said drawer bottom into said channel and having means engageable with said spaces by upward movement anddisengageable therefrom by downward movement, said wall being shift-able lengthwise of said channel after such downward movement, and means normally exerting an upward pull on said wall maintaining engagement of said wall with the chosen spaces.

5. In a paper file, the combination of a drawer or tray having longitudinal side walls, a transverse wall movable longitudinally therein, means providing for adjustment of the lower margin of said wall lengthwise of said drawer or tray and for angular movement considered with reference to a vertical plane, and means including non-slipping shoes grippingsaid side walls to maintain said transverse wall in the chosen angular position.

6. In a paper file, the combination'of a drawer or tray having longitudinal side Walls, a transverse wall movable longitudinally therein, means providing for adjustment of the lower margin of said wall lengthwise of said drawer or tray and for angular movement considered with reference to a vertical plane, and means including lateral rollers carried by said wall and flat-surfaced, rubber-like non-slipping runners about said'rollers, respectively, and contacting said side walls to maintain said transverse wall in the chosen angular position. A

CLAUDE B. COOPER.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION. Patent No. 2,555,70l' November 9, 191,5.

CLAUDE B. COOPER.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 1, second column, line 10, after the word "at" insert an-; page 2, first column', line 57, claim 1, for "directly" read -directed-; line 65-61;, same claim, for "reced read --recede--; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 114th day or December, A. D. 19L 5.

Henry Van Arsdale,

(Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

